Articles by Collin Chen

ORIGINALFRESH The Grand Summit Beijing is the third shop Drawing Architecture Studio (DAS) designed for this juice brand. The site is featured with a wide façade and shallow depth, which inspired DAS to associate the concept of “Billboard Architecture” from the 1960s and the present “Instagrammable” culture on social media, rethink the relations between architectural drawing and architectural design, and ultimately realized a flattened design for the shop.

Shangrao is a developing inland city. Like most other inland cities, Shangrao is undergoing a period of urban construction and rapid upgrading and expanding. A large comprehensive building group, consisting of a number of smaller city cultural buildings, is typical in similar cities, which is often discussed by architects in urbanization process.

The life-size wooden model represented the cross section of the San Carlo alle Quattro Fontane Church in Rome. The real church almost lacks an exterior but the interior is, on the other hand, worked out in full detail. Its section, a wonderful example of Baroque architecture, is elegant and refined with protrusions, recesses and decorations. The model celebrated this section.

The pidan retail experience space combines better life elements such as art displaying, animal caring, commemorative space and product retail. The site is located in Shanghai 1933, which is a building built by Balfours in 1933. It used to be the No.1 slaughter house of the Far East and took off countless animals’ lives. Nowadays, it has become the most famous cultural and creative industry center in Shanghai and attracts thousands of tourists.

Tea-Talks House is located between 250-300m above the sea level, south-west to the state 5A scenic resort, Qingyuan Mountain, which is renowned as “An natural oxygen bar” with its forests and fountains. This project is renovated from an old tea factory founded in 80s last century. Atelier RIGHT HUB is the contracted party to be responsible for the entire design scheme, including overall planning, architecture, exterior and interior design.

Rudong Cultural Center
Rudong Cultural Center is located in Rudong County, Nantong, Jiangsu Province. The project includes the first phase of the project: library, cultural museum, museum, second phase of the project: Grand Theater and cinema. As a part of the cultural core of the new area, it constitutes the symbol of the new area togethered with the Sports Center Group on the north side, prospering the cultural industry and becoming an important driving force for the development of the new area. The project launched a design competition in 2012. Tongji University School of Architectural Design, with won the competition. Since then, it has experienced many times of optimization and deepening of design. The project started in 2015, and the first phase of the project, was completed in 2018.